Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyGlareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers)
- GenusCursorius (Typical Coursers)
- SpeciesCursorius temminckii (Temminck's Courser)
Closest Relatives at Lake Nakuru National Park
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Temminck's Courser at Lake Nakuru National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there